WhatsApp account termination in the EU 2024, by violation

Published by Laura Ceci, Feb 25, 2025

In 2024, WhatsApp terminated around 4.8 million accounts on its Messenger app in the European Union due to spam, as well as 433,000 accounts due to scams. On WhatsApp Business, accounts terminated due to spam violations were approximately 1.3 millions, while around 260,000 accounts were terminated due to scams in EU countries.

WhatsApp account termination in the European Union in 2024, by violation

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Release date

August 2024

Region

Europe

Survey time period

February 17 to December 31, 2024

Supplementary notes

According to the source, Meta released the report "under Articles 15 and 24 of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) (‘DSA’). This report compiles responses for WhatsApp Messenger App (“WhatsApp Messenger”), WhatsApp Channels (“Channels”), and the WhatsApp Business App (“Business App”)."

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